Ar.Eq.263 (troch.); ὁ δ' ὦμος ..πιέζεταιId.Ra.30; τὸν ὦμον θλίβομαιId.Fr.323: pl. for sg., ὤμοις ἀριστεροῖσιν ἀνακλάσας δέρηνE.Or.1471. b.
the shoulder
is sts. more exactly specified as πρυμνότατοσ or πρυμνὸς ὦμος,Od.17.462,504; νείατος ὦ.Il.15.341, 17.310; sts. opp. χείρ (the arm), χεῖρες ὤμων ..ἐπαί̈σσονται 23.628; τῶν ἑκατὸν μὲν χεῖρες ἀπ' ώ̓μων ἀί̈σσοντοHes.Th.150; τοὺς ὤμους ἀποταμόντες σὺν τῇσι χερσί (arms) Hdt.4.62; ἀποταμόντα ἐν τῷ ὤμῳ τὴν χεῖραId.2.121.έ, cf. E.Ba.1127, Arist.HA493b26. 2. also of animals. as of a horse, Il.6.510, 15.267, X.Eq.8.6; of a lion, Hes.Sc.430; of a dog, X.Cyn.4.1; of crabs, Batr.296; of birds, Plu.2.983b; of ants, Gp.13.10.14. 3.
the shoulder,
in a dress, ἐπὶ τῶν ὤμων τῆς ἐπωμίδοσLXXEx.28.12, cf. 25(29); ἐπὶ τῷ ὤμῳ τοῦ χιτῶνος ὑποθέντεσAen.Tact.31.23 codd. (ἐπὶ τῇ ᾤᾳ cj. Haupt). II. metaph. of
the parts below the top
or
head
of any thing, esp. of
the fork of a vine
(cf. ὠμοχάραξ), Gp.4.12.4; of the womb, Heroph. ap. Gal.4.596, cf. Ruf.Onom.195. (Cf. Lat.
umerus
(fr.
*omesos
), Goth.
ams
(stem
amsa-
), Skt.
ásas,
also Aeol. ἐπ-ομμάδιος, and (non-Greek) ἀμέσωHsch.)